English

intermeal

From inter- + meal.

Formed from inter- + meal

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér ‘between’

Proto-Italic *n̥ter ‘between’

Latin inter ‘between’

Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- ‘to measure’

Proto-Germanic *mēlą ‘time’

Proto-West Germanic *māl ‘time’

Old English mǣl ‘measure’

Middle English mel ‘a time’

English meal

Today it means

adj Between meals.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / intermeal